Ad Tech + Brands on Coronavirus Disinfo Sites: 25-29 May

29 May 2020

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GDI has studied a selection of conspiracy stories and sites spreading disinformation about the coronavirus.

Conspiracy theories:● Economic shutdown is not needed as COVID-19 a hoax. ● Wuhan Lab source is being covered up.● COVID-19 contact tracing is form of government control.● COVID-19 is result of 5G.● Economic elite using COVID-19 as form of population control.

All stories found on known disinformation sites.

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Ad tech serving these ads & funding these stories:

Note: Some of these companies include retargeting and data analytic companies serving the “last mile” for delivering online ads.

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Brands funding these sites & stories:

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Brand Advertisements

● All of these brands were found on the sites queried.

● Brand ads will vary by anyone’s data footprint & geolocation.

● Screenshots taken from locations in US, UK and Germany.

● Given EU data protections, most ads provide clickable information on the company providing ad.

● This information has been included and/or used to attribute the delivery of an ad to a specific tech company.

● All of this information has been circled at the bottom of each screenshot (where possible).

Harvard ad delivered by Adroll

Peroni and Diadora ads served by Amazon - GatewayPundit

PayPal ad delivered by Google

Arket ad delivered by Google

Verizon ad delivered by Yahoo- Western Journal

Squarespace ad delivered by Google - Western Journal

NYC City Realty ad by Google

Visible ad delivered by Yahoo- Western Journal

Freshly ad delivered by Criteo

Renault ad delivered by Amazon

Lillet ad delivered by Amazon

Petco ad delivered by Google

Splunk ad delivered by Google - Zero Hedge

ClearanceJobs ad served by Google

Made.com ad served by Revcontent

Lending Tree ad supported by RevJet

Wayfair, Obi, Tchibo and Frankfurter Allgemeine ads delivered by Taboola

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